This weekend started with a somber note with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith last Friday, who died at the age of 89. It's disheartening that I'm doing another tribute post after we lost the great James Earl Jones earlier this month, but I simply had to do a tribute to one of my favorite …
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FlixChatter Review: The Miracle Club (2023) – Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates & Laura Linney hope for a miracle in a pilgrimage to Lourdes
Lourdes, France is an essential Catholic pilgrimage site and I actually visited the Massabielle Grotto cave with my late mother when I was 13. Many believe that in 1858, a young girl named Bernadette saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary where the chapel now stands. Ever since then, the grotto became famous for visitors …
FlixChatter Review – Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
A couple of months ago, my hubby and I started bingeing the Downton Abbey series all the way from the beginning. I had watched the first season when it first came out in 2010 but didn’t keep up with it. The series has become a global phenomenon, though not even its creator Julian Fellowes could …
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Question of the Week: Which movie(s) are you looking forward to in March?
Now that award season is officially over... we can all look forward to what else 2015 has in store for us. February is practically dead in terms of new releases, in fact I only saw Jupiter Ascending & Kingsman in the theater. But there are more intriguing stuff coming next month. I have rsvp-ed for …
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Everybody’s Chattin’ + Question of the Week on Emmys winner wishlist
Happy Midweek everyone! Just two more days until Friday, yay 😉 I'm going to hit two birds with one stone again today in combining two post *series* in one. Ok, so let's start with some of my favorite posts from the past week: The legendary director Steven Spielberg's been is a lot of my fellow …
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Weekend Roundup: Wreck-It-Ralph & catching up on Downton Abbey
Happy Monday all! Well, it's not quite Spring yet at least not weather wise, even though we've sprung forward one hour. That also means we lost one hour this weekend 😦 Downright addicted to Downton Abbey I've only managed to see one movie this weekend, as I've been catching up on Downton Abbey. I've even …
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2012 Year in Review: Best & Worst Movies and Memorable Movie Moments
Can't believe 2012 has come and gone. I don't know about you but this past year felt especially fast for me, it just flew by before I had a chance to reflect on a bunch of things. I know a lot of bloggers have been putting their stamp on whether this has been a good …
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